Larsen C’s giant newborn iceberg won’t add to sea level rise directly, but it was holding back glaciers that will.
Click above to listen to part 2 of On Thin Ice, featuring Eric Rignot, Earth systems scientist, University of California, Irvine, senior research scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
On Thin Ice:
Part 1: Peter Wadhams / Sea Ice
Part 2: Eric Rignot / Larsen C
Part 3: Peter Wadhams / Permafrost
Part 4: Åsmund Asdal / Doomsday Vault
Part 5: John Priscu / Microbes Unleashed
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